History Deaths on October 26

Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1909)

#Wilhelm_Freddie

Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)

#Alma_Cogan

Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1942)

#Germain_Gagnon

Gilles de Rais, French knight (b. 1404)

#Gilles_de_Rais

Ali Ashraf Darvishian, Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (b. 1941)

#Ali_Ashraf_Darvishian

Björn Sieber, Austrian skier (b. 1989)

#Björn_Sieber

Józef Dowbor-Mu?nicki, Polish general (b. 1867)

#Józef_Dowbor-Mu?nicki

Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)

#Gordy_Soltau

Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1961)

#Jeff_Robinson_(starting_pitcher)

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)

#Nikolaus_Joseph_von_Jacquin

Horio Tadaharu, Japanese daimy? (b. 1596)

#Horio_Tadaharu

Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)

#Harry_Payne_Whitney

Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (b. 1914)

#Bidia_Dandaron

Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)

#Catherine_Sedley,_Countess_of_Dorchester

Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and curator (b. 1924)

#Pontus_Hultén

Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player and politician (b. 1924)

#Bobby_Ávila

Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)

#Paul_Pelliot

Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)

#Hiroyoshi_Nishizawa

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)

#Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton

Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)

#Aurel_Stein

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)

#Princess_Beatrice_of_the_United_Kingdom

Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)

#Hoyt_Axton

Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)

#Gerty_Cori

Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

#Charles_J._Pedersen

Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (b. 1917)

#Park_Chung-hee

Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860)

#Waldemar_Haffkine

Jackson Scholz, American runner (b. 1897)

#Jackson_Scholz

Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879)

#Elizabeth_Gunn_(paediatrician)

Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize (b. 1918)

#Arthur_Kornberg

Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian-German scholar and educator (b. 1526)

#Olympia_Fulvia_Morata

Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (b. 1549)

#Anna_of_Austria,_Queen_of_Spain

Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)

#Jacques_Massu

William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)

#William_T._Anderson

Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889)

#Igor_Sikorsky

Ron Davies, Welsh photographer (b. 1921)

#Ron_Davies_(photographer)

It? Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)

#It?_Hirobumi

Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)

#Philip_Doddridge

Giuseppe Nazzaro, Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (b. 1937)

#Giuseppe_Nazzaro

Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)

#Hattie_McDaniel

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)

#Granville_Leveson-Gower,_1st_Marquess_of_Stafford

Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b. 1862)

#Edwin_Savage

Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902)

#Louise_Beavers

Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)

#Paul-Armand_Challemel-Lacour

Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)

#Robert_Anderson_(Civil_War)

Toshiz? Nishio, Japanese general (b. 1881)

#Toshiz?_Nishio

Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)

#Charles_Comiskey

Semyon Budyonny, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1883)

#Semyon_Budyonny

George Na?ope, American singer and dancer (b. 1928)

#George_Na?ope

John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)

#John_Kinder_Labatt

Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)

#Sir_John_Gell,_1st_Baronet

Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1947)

#Nicolae_Dobrin

Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)

#Ioannis_Rallis

Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1913)

#Gorni_Kramer

Romeu Tuma, Brazilian police officer and politician (b. 1931)

#Romeu_Tuma

Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)

#Lionel_Halsey

J?kichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)

#J?kichi_Yagi

Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883)

#Nikos_Kazantzakis

Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (b. 1886)

#Sadae_Inoue

Gus Mancuso, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)

#Gus_Mancuso

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623)

#John_Egerton,_2nd_Earl_of_Bridgewater

Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895)

#Walter_Gieseking

Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)

#Akashi_Motojiro

Alfred the Great, English king (b. 849)

#Alfred_the_Great

Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)

#Aleksey_Krylov

Oscar Taveras, Dominican baseball player (b. 1992)

#Oscar_Taveras

Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)

#Margaret_Brown

Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)

#Carlo_Collodi

John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)

#John_Graves_Simcoe

Teel Bivins, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1947)

#Teel_Bivins

Gómez González, Castilian nobleman and military leader

#Gómez_González

Cedd, English monk and bishop (b. 620)

#Cedd

Ritva Arvelo, Finnish actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

#Ritva_Arvelo

William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697)

#William_Hogarth

Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)

#Amédée-François_Frézier

Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (b. 1937)

Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (b. 1926)

Brian Moore, Australian rugby league player (b. 1944)

Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (b. 1987)

Mo Collins, American football player and coach (b. 1976)

Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923)

Gabriel of Komana (b. 1946)

Andries Maseko, South African footballer (b. 1955)

Al Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)

Doug Ireland, American journalist and activist (b. 1946)

Alan Stretton, Australian general (b. 1922)

Alan Kirschenbaum, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)

John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (b. 1916)

Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1932)

Mac Ahlberg, Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1931)

Jona Senilagakali, Fijian physician and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1929)

Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927)

Glen Little, American clown (b. 1925)

Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922)

Yoshir? Muraki, Japanese production designer and art director(b. 1924)

Delmar Watson, American actor and photographer (b. 1926)

Tony Hillerman, American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1925)

Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and television host (b. 1943)

Tillman Franks, American bassist and songwriter (b. 1920)

George Swindin, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)

Keith Parkinson, American illustrator (b. 1958)

Sally Hoyt Spofford, American ornithologist (b. 1914)

Hüseyin Hilmi I??k, Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1911)

Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American author and educator (b. 1910)

Kenkichi Iwasawa, Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1917)

Wilbert Harrison, American singer and guitarist (b. 1929)

Oro, Mexican wrestler (b. 1971)

Alexander Gerschenkron, Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and academic (b. 1904)

Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and author (b. 1919)

Sylvia Likens, 16-year-old group torture/murder victim in Indianapolis (b. 1949)

William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)

Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)

William Sprague, English settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)

Matsudaira Tadayori, Japanese samurai and daimy? (b. 1582)

Li Qi, chancellor of Later Liang (b. 871)

Cuthbert, archbishop of Canterbury